Texas tuning specialist Arturo Alonso and his team Gullwing America have created a unique new project revealed to both the form of computer graphics. It comes to Mercedes Benz SLS Panamericana, which makes the new SLS looks much more like its legendary predecessor classic Gullwing 300SL. This is not the first time that Alonso looks to the past and the traditions. GW America created a previously optimized version of the Gullwing with 5.5-liter V8 engine and power of 370 hp. Like his previous project, SLS Panamericana has specific hybrid panels to the body. This time the Americans have opted for aluminum and carbon fiber for both material which can be made seven different components of the body. There are also chrome. And not that the car does not look good, but probably would have been even better if he had a little more chrome accents on the grille, as in their previous project.

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One of the cars, which certainly has not gone unnoticed by any of the visitors to 63rd exhibition in Frankfurt, is Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing, inspired by the legendary 300SL Gullwing of the 50 years of last century and received the opening up doors type of gull. Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing is equipped with a V8 engine with working volume of 6 208cm2. Whose power is 571 h.p. at 6 700rev/min. but its maximum torque of 650Nm achieved. at 4 750rev/min. The unit is combined with 7-stage transmission with double clutch transmitting drive to the rear wheels. According to preliminary data of the Mercedes-Benz, their new supercar accelerates from 0-100km/h for 3.8sec and a top speed of 315 kilometers per hour, while the average consumption is only 13.2l./100km. Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing has a full aluminum body structure. The appearance of the car differs from all other models of the company with its dynamic design and a perfect weight distribution between front and rear axles (respectively 47 to 53 percent) and low center of gravity stress the concept of exclusive sports cars.
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